Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-02-26
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He Urues Cosgrsss 20 Adopt the ksseiss,sa II
trcducsd by Him diving the ssiscsioa
of Senators TO the Voters.


troduced by Him diving the ssiscssoa
of SENATOR TO the VoserA
Mr. Van Wyck, In speaking ot the resolu.
tion offered by him in the Senate on Thurs.
day, which reads Resolved, A. the judg.
ment of the Senate that an amendment 10
the constitution providing for the election,
directly by the voters, OF United States seua.
tors, should bs submitted to the people for
their action, said
Early In the session introduced and had
referred to the proper committee bill pro.
viding au amendment to the constitution that
United States senators should be elected by
the people As want OF time or inclination
on the part of the committee prevented -.
ton, have asked the adoption Of the resolu.
ton. As some OF the errors and mistakes of
the trainers OF the constitution have been coz.
rected, 20 the people are demanding this
must be And while the equality Of tho
states Is preserved by an equal number from
each, the state will he more fitly represented
and the rights OF the people recognixe,i by
amending the constitution ~ they shall 10
elected directly by them.
Governor Morris In l7s7 said " The Sen
ate WAS wanted to keep down the turbulence
Of Democracy" 1t has succeeded at times In
keeping down the turbulaece OF the people
In their demands for redress Of grievances
and exemption from unjust and oppressive
taxation. Now the people are demanding,
and experience has demonstrated, that II Il
necessary they should directly elect those
who represent the state, Is the state 10 en-.
phatically the people
WRONGS OF THE PRESENT SYSTEM.
The control Of legislatures by blandiah.
ments, promises OF money, has been reduced
to system to that extent that one ofthe most
successful OF manipulators OF that machinery
has boldly proclaimed that Il 10 much easier
and cheaper to purchase venal Legislators
than electors at the polls The necessity for
this change has been made strikingly mani.
feat within the last month. In the states OF
New Jersey, Indiana and Nebraska In the
hrst two every scheme and subtertugs has
been used to obtain an advantage by stealth
| and fraud that might secure . victory regard.
less OF what the people may desire And In
the latter direct ex pres sion of the people on
the question Of preference, ss allowed by the
| constitution and laws OF that state and then
/ supersdded the still more emphatic declAra.
ton OF the voters by making the choice OF
| nited States senator q test In election o
members OF the legislatures, and when the
people "a voters had signified their choic<
by electing q majority OF the legislature
| pledged to that choice. True, they were from
both political parties, but Q msjority-and
| fully instructed. That WAS the Judgment O
the people OF great state.
INrLuENcE OF CORPORATIONS.
Then the railroad corporations interpose :,
reverse that Judgment and beat the people b,
their influence and wealth, by their mysteri
GUS agencies, 30 potent, actually controller
representatives against open and declared In
structions, on the pretext too thin to cove
the brand the corporations burned into thsi
chaitsls, OF great party loyalty that In . Re
| publican state a Republican United State
senator should not be elected except by Reput
lican votes Thus when lthe votes of thos
| instructed and pledged would secure whs
the people desired, enough purchased traitor
withhold their votes to defeat what the.
knew the people had demanded. There IL
serious crisis approaching, when the people
the toilers, without the form OF party. will b
arrayed at the ballot-box against their OF
| pressors. The intliction OF inj ustice an
wrong are OF greater injury to the republi
than giant powder or dynamite. When car
ltal, in defiance OF the constitution and lawi
can demand payment OF debts in gold coli
| only when the upheaval OF labor can he n
pressed by indictments and tine or imprisou
ment for q conspiracy when throughou
the Northwest the virgin soil IL being 81
hausted to raise grain, make pork and bee
l the producer receiving barely the cost OF prC
duction, and when the products reach tn
} / seaboard 30 encountered with railroad an
| other charges, that meat three times Q DAY
| our former boast, is often denied the lahore
| when the tenant class is yearly increaaing
when.three fourths of all the farms arc NOR
gagged when the additions OF wealth q
largely to those who count their possessioE
| by thousands and millions, and labor mu
return thanks for the privilege to toll for n
/ woAu weiSh ooAo's pioNaoOo oSUiu oAu CAoIl
Ing.
THE WEAKNESS OF REPUBLICAN,.
I The Democracy carried slavery and fs
although In falling 1t did not entirely peria
1 The Republican party has carried monst
corporations equally as unreenting and o
q | acting, and are reeiing, stumbling, falliT
with the terrible load. And the humb
Q warner waving the signal nag Of danger
run down and crushed ~ an enemy In q
path of blosted, unrelentng, and unrsaso
: Ing power. And now, reckless, nervele
leaders tell us there Is q crisis a they mad
!. | beat the waves threatening to submerge Il
last feeble frsil resting place, and ip their 4
l. sane and idiotic folly tell about straight re-
able partisans elected in defiance OF the 0
v press demands Of the people to save what
left In the upper branch Of CongresA Ys
by year the party becomes weaker On
weaker even here The desperate remedy
prescribed that the influences and wealth sr
p | tools OF huge corporations shall be invoked
overthrow the people and secure Q Temporal
: | victory, while the leaders appear - D
concerned ~ to the real cause OF danger ar
| safety "a was Nero when he fiddied at u
destruction OF Rome. During this time va
Ing power IL departing from the Senate, sr
q In their wild delirium to save they contribu
70 the certainty OF defeat. And thus II
a | comes more necessary that those occupyir
seats In this body should receive their cor
n missions directly from the hands OF the pc
| Pile